patience.
I live in CT., and would also like to be able to connect with other users. I had a contact with another user in CT several years ago, but at the time was not able to get away. Years ago I remember a users map and there was a pin for the location of users - I really liked that feature.
If there are other in the region maybe we can get something going at least a couple of times a year.
I have been to the PA group once and traveled several hours to attend the TX group when I lived there. I would be willing to host an all day marathon (I have plenty of sewing machines) or to travel to attend one. So as not to clog up the list, anyone interested can email me private